Tramcars and Trolley Vehicles (Modification of Enactments) Regulations 1992

PART III MODIFICATIONS TO THE 1988 ACT

Modifications relating to tramcars

7.  The following provisions of the 1988 Act shall not apply to tramcars—

• section 40A (using vehicle in dangerous condition etc.);

• section 68 (inspection of public passenger vehicles and goods vehicles);

• sections 69 to 73 (prohibition of unfit vehicles);

• section 75 (vehicles not to be sold in unroadworthy condition or as altered so as to be unroadworthy);

• section 76 (fitting and supply of defective or unsuitable vehicle parts);

• section 77 (testing condition of used vehicles at sale rooms etc);

• section 78 and 79 (weighing of motor vehicles);

• section 83 (offences to do with reflectors and tail lamps).

• section 190 (method of calculating weight of motor vehicles and trailers); and

• section 191 (interpretation of statutory references to carriages).

8.  Section 87 of the 1988 Act (drivers of motor vehicles to have driving licences) shall apply to tramcars as if after subsection (2) there were added the following subsections—

“(3) A licence authorising a person to drive a motor vehicle in category B within the meaning of the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1987(1), shall be regarded as authorising that person to drive a tramcar.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (1) above, a person may drive or cause or permit another person to drive a tramcar if the driver was employed on duties which required the driving of tramcars on a road at any time during the one year period ending immediately before 1st July 1992.”

Modifications relating to trolley vehicles

9.  Subject to Part IV of these Regulations, the following provisions of the 1988 Act shall not apply to trolley vehicles—

• section 40A (using a vehicle in a dangerous condition);

• section 77 (testing condition of used vehicle in sale rooms, etc);

• and sections 78 and 79 (weighing of motor vehicles).

10.  Subject to Part IV of these Regulations, section 68 of the 1988 Act (inspection of public passenger vehicles and goods vehicles) shall apply to trolley vehicles as if subsection (4) were omitted.

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S.I. 1987/1378; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1990/1842.